Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Auction Archive earning him the Trio and

earning him the Trio and entitling him to wear the War Service Badge

this dagger is in near very fine condition

Borchert went to Africa in 1941 to report on Rommel’s Afrikakorps

A little over two months after his near death experience

effective September 21

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Auction Archive earning him the Trio and(Piloten Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of an open ended oval oak wreath, with an eagle at the bottom of the badge clutching a propeller, with the top of the wreath decorated by the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Superimposed onto the badge is a banner that is inscribed K. u. K. LUFTFAHRTENTRUPPE, with a vertical pinback, measuring 31. 87 mm (w) x 42. 78 mm (h), in overall good condition.